page_title: Medford, Oregon
section_title: City council
hierarchical_section_title: Medford, Oregon / Government and leadership / City council
caption_attribution_description: This image is not drawn to scale. The city of Medford, Oregon, USA is divided into four "wards", each represented by two city council members. I created this image myself using Fireworks MX 2004. Zab (talk) 03:14, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
context_page_description: Medford is a city in, and the county seat of, Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. As of July 1, 2019, the city had a total population of 83,072 and a metropolitan area population of 217,479, making the Medford MSA the fourth largest metro area in Oregon. The city was named in 1883 by David Loring, civil engineer and right-of-way agent for the Oregon and California Railroad, after Medford, Massachusetts, which was near Loring's hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. Medford is near the middle ford of Bear Creek.
context_section_description: Medford municipal code divides the city into four wards, each represented by two city council members. Every biennium, one member from each ward is elected to serve a four-year term, creating an overlap where half of the eight-member council remains in office while the other half must campaign for reelection.
caption: City Ward Map
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